Perception of university students about open government and transparency within the mexican anticorruption system

Abstract

This work analyzes the Perception of university students about open government and transparency within the Mexican anti-corruption system and the normative framework of the National Anticorruption System, in the knowledge that law students have about this legal branch. For this, the study addresses the case of the Autonomous University of Tamaulipas (UAT), a public-state Higher Education Institution (IES) that has participated in anti-corruption projects at the national level and offers a law degree. The research focus is quantitative and descriptive in scope, a survey was virtually applied to 262 law students using Microsoft forms software. The findings reflect that, despite the fact that students know that citizen participation is essential, they are not interested in improving their environment. It is suggested to modify the curriculum of the law degree in order to strengthen the area of ​open government training and transparency.